Lisa Wright

England

Assistant Editor, Radio 1 and 1Xtra Newsbeat at BBC

Assistant Editor @BBCNewsbeat Brummie. Views are my own.

Articles

a true one-of-a-kind

1 week ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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was this a career peak performance?

1 week ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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far from a nostalgia act

1 week ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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Primal Scream at Hammersmith Apollo review: far from a nostalgia act

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Wright

For more than 30 years, since the release of their kaleidoscopic, acid-soaked breakthrough classic ‘Screamadelica’, Primal Scream have wanted you to get loaded and have a good time. But the innately political side of frontman Bobby Gillespie - the son of a trade union activist - has always added a deeper dimension. And now, in 2025, with the world quite literally on fire and as genocidal wars continue to rage on, this duality rang out across West London’s Hammersmith Apollo more than ever.
One to watch: Jacob Alon

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Wright

Every so often, a new voice comes along with the alchemical combination of fragile beauty and poetry that has the power to seemingly stop time in its tracks. It’s the magic that has made alternative music pillars of Jeff Buckley and Laura Marling, and it’s a quality that Fife-born Jacob Alon emits in every note. Rooted in the delicate, finger-picked folk tradition, there’s a timelessness to Alon’s work.
SASAMI is the most exciting pop star of the year: 'I can do anything I want!'

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Wright

Raised as part of the Unification Church, a hyper-conservative religion that she’s previously described as akin to “a cult”, there is no part of Sasami Ashworth’s childhood that might have hinted at where the Los Angeles musician creatively dwells now: adorning the cover of her just-released third solo album, Blood on the Silver Screen, braless and lip bleeding with a defiant stare that’s equal parts feminine and rugged masculinity.
One to watch: Divorce

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Wright

On the richly executed, emotionally resonant terrain of their debut album, Drive to Goldenhammer, Nottingham quartet Divorce head to a fictionalised town that, they say, is meant to symbolise the warmth and humanity they’ve always found within their East Midlands motherland. Goldenhammer might not be real, but the record’s affectionate idiosyncrasies certainly are.
'This is as good as it gets'

1 month ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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'This is as good as it gets'

1 month ago | msn.com | Lisa Wright

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Myles Smith interview: the Brits Rising Star award winner on his new superstardom

1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Lisa Wright

This time last year, Myles Smith was a name still largely contained within the hashtags and shares of TikTok. A rapidly rising favourite on the app, he’d gained early success from posting covers online — stripped back, acoustic renditions of Ed Sheeran, Amber Run and The Neighbourhood that had gone on to ink him a record deal with Sony RCA.